On 03/17/2015 04:49 PM, walt wrote:
> I get a certificate verification error when visiting https://www.att.com
> using firefox-36.0, but not when using chrome-41.0.2272.76.
> 
> Anyone else see the same with firefox-36?

I haven't tried, honestly. But I have had problems with Firefox not
including some intermediary certificates before. That breaks the whole
chain of trust.

> BTW, I tried the latest firefox in a Win7 virtual machine and I was
> shocked to see that firefox was updating itself when I was logged in
> as an unprivileged user (i.e. *not* an Administrator).  Are the idiots
> at M$ *really* that stupid?  They've learned nothing, apparently, since
> Win 95 :(

Remove the 'Mozilla Maintenance Service' from Programs & Features (or
whatever it's called) and it won't auto update. Mozilla installs a
privileged service that auto updates its software.


Dan

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